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Marine Weather for HS 101

Marine weather discussion for the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea,
and tropical North Atlantic from 07n to 19n between 55w and 64w
and the southwest North Atlantic including the Bahamas

...Gulf of Mexico...

A ridge will dominate the Gulf region over the next several days
producing mainly a moderate to locally fresh wind flow, except
off the W coast of the Yucatan Peninsula where late evening
local effects will keep brief periods of NE winds to 20 kt with
seas in the 3 to 5 ft range.

...Caribbean Sea and tropical N Atlantic from 07n to 19n between
55w and 64w...

A cold front extending from eastern Cuba to the Gulf of Honduras
is allowing for a relaxed pressure gradient in the south-central
Caribbean. However, fresh to strong winds are expected to pulse
at night within 90 nm off the coast of Colombia through Fri night.
The cold front will drift se today and tonight while gradually
dissipating. Gentle to moderate winds will dominate across the
remainder of the basin through sun.

...SW N Atlantic including the Bahamas...

A frontal boundary extends from 30n65w to a 1011 mb low pressure
centered near 29n68w then continues SW to another 1013 mb low
pressure located near the central Bahamas to eastern Cuba. This
front will remain nearly stationary today and tonight. Then, a
reinforcing cold front will merge with the stationary front on
Fri, and the merged front will extends from 27n65w to the Turks
and Caicos Islands and eastern Cuba by Fri night. Swell generated
by these fronts will dominate the waters E of the Bahamas
through the upcoming weekend. Recent scatterometer data indicate
fresh to strong winds on either side of the front between 61w and
67w.